acridophobia: a great fear of grasshoppers and
locusts;
usually based on the vast amounts of destruction that such
plagues cause. Any of numerous insects of the families Locustidae
or Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers) and Tettigoniidae
(long-horned grasshoppers), often destructive to plants and
characteristically having long hind legs adapted for
jumping.
Around the world there are hundreds of species of
grasshoppers; a group which includes crickets and locusts.
Grasshoppers are difficult to see in the grass where they live, but
they can often be heard, since each species has a characteristic
song, produced by rubbing the wings or legs together.
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